How it works
“Science is proving what we’ve always intuitively known: nature does good things to the human brain—it makes us healthier, happier, and smarter.” — David Gessner, Nature Writer
Emotional care feels less “clinical” when we are in the great outdoors. Resetting our emotional compasses helps us navigate life with more confidence and care.
Does it get results?
Trailtalk is measuring its impact on our client’s emotional health.
We want to know if our therapylite® model of care is effective so we are improving our tracking system, joining an evidenced based research study, and adding in follow up measurements at 6 week intervals.
Our easy to complete IPAD questionnaires will help us evaluate how we are doing to help you.
We use the YOQ and OQ measurement tools created by Dr. Burlingame. See these links to understand how Trailtalk is measuring our own performance in order to improve our client’s lives.
Evidence Based Research
This Is Your Brain on Nature
When we get closer to nature—be it untouched wilderness or a backyard tree—we do our overstressed brains a favor…
National Geographic
How Walking in Nature Changes the Brain
A walk in the park may soothe the mind and, in the process, change the workings of our brains in …
New York Times
It’s Time for Doctors to Prescribe Outdoor Therapy
Here is more supporting evidence that being outside has positive psychological and physiological benefits from Outside Magazine. “Studies have …
Outside Magazine
Books by Richard Louv that explain how nature heals.
This selection of books explains how nature helps heal.
Richard Louv
Stanford researchers find mental health prescription: Nature
A Stanford-led study finds quantifiable evidence that walking in nature could lead to a lower risk of depression Feeling down? …
Standford University
Taking A Walk In Nature Could Be The Best Thing You Do For Your Mood All Day
When you’re feeling a deluge of negative emotions, you know that it can be helpful to “walk it off.” And …
Huffington Post
Wilderness therapy as a treatment
The Journal of Mental Health Counseling explores wilderness therapy as a treatment modality for at-risk youth: a primer for mental …
Journal of Mental Health Counseling
Is Time Outdoors the Key to Helping Veterans Overcome PTSD?
This article on goodtherapy.org explores how outdoors (ecotherapy) can help veterans overcome PTSD. September 21, 2015 • By Abbie Hausermann, …
Good Therapy
